Information processing apparatus, computer-readable recording medium, and information processing system

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that contains an information processing program for causing a computer to execute a method comprising:

• acquiring a travel purpose of a mobile object;
• setting multiple travel routes in different travel directions in a forward area with respect to the mobile object;
• calculating, regarding each of the multiple travel routes, a predictive value of a travel state in which the mobile object travels along each of the multiple travel routes;
• computing, regarding each of the multiple travel routes, an evaluation value for the mobile object to realize traveling according to the travel purpose from weighting values that are predetermined according to the travel purpose and the predictive values;
• and
• determining, as a travel route to be followed next, a travel route with a highest evaluation represented by the evaluation value among the multiple travel routes.

An information processing system comprising:

• an information processing apparatus;
• a sensor connected to the information processing apparatus;
• and
• a drive motor that is connected to the information processing apparatus and drives a mobile mechanism that causes a mobile object to travel, wherein
• the information processing apparatus comprises circuitry configured to
• acquire a travel purpose of the mobile object,
• set multiple travel routes in different travel directions in a forward area with respect to the mobile object,
• calculate, regarding each of the multiple travel routes, a predictive value of a travel state in which the mobile object travels along each of the multiple travel routes,
• compute, regarding each of the multiple travel routes, an evaluation value for the mobile object to realize traveling according to the travel purpose from weighting values that are predetermined according to the travel purpose and the predictive values,
• determine, as a travel route to be followed next, a travel route with a highest evaluation represented by the evaluation value among the multiple travel routes, and
• control the drive motor to enable traveling along the determined travel route.